5 November 2012
From Friday 9 November, the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Oxford presents the first exhibition devoted to the art of Meiji textiles ever to be held outside Japan. Press releases follow: Threads of Silk and Gold press release Threads of Silk and Gold Japanese press release
Read on24 October 2012
A woodcut printing demonstration and workshop will be held by trained master woodcut printers from the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints at the Daiwa Anglo-Foundation on Saturday 3 November, 2:00-4:00pm. The workshop will be held in association with the ICN gallery.
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Toki Quartet ~Harmony of Cultural Sounds ~ A Cultural Exchange Project exploring works by Japanese and British composers Japan Tour details: Toki Quartet Japan Tour November 2012 1st November (Thursday) 6pm Workshop with Yuka Takechi at the Tokyo University of Arts Exploring the String Quartets by Takemitsu and Britten Britten wrote his
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On 26 September Peter Murray, Director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, gave a talk about his friend Kan Yasuda whose sculpture is currently displayed on the front lawn outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge as part of this year’s Sculpture Promenade . The two other sculptors included in the Promenade are Helaine Blumenfeld and Peter Randall-Page. All three artists
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On Wednesday 26 September 2012, there is a talk about the work of Japanese sculptor Kan Yasuda by Peter Murray, Executive Director of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The talk will be held at the The Fitzwilliam Museum and starts at at 13:15, finishing at 14:00. The talk is free but space is limited. Admission is by
Read on14 September 2012
The Japan Foundation is Japan’s principal agent for cultural relations between Japan and other countries. The Japan Foundation London is seeking to appoint a Programme Officer to carry out the general administration and programming of its work in the area of Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange.This is a full-time, permanent position, based at our office
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We gave a Daiwa Foundation Small Grant to the Japanese Garden Society in 2010 to support their project Visions of Paradise – the Japanese Garden in the UK. They published an 80-page booklet and proceeds from sales of the booklet have gone into funding a travelling exhibition about Japanese Gardens in the UK. This exhibition
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There will be a rash of Benjamin Britten events over the next 18 months, since 2013 marks the centenary of his birth. But last Friday’s performance of Sumidagawa and Curlew River at Christ Church Spitalfields (repeated in Orford, Suffolk on Sunday) promised to be one of the most interesting, bringing together Britten’s “Japanese” opera with
Read on14 August 2012
World Event Young Artists (WEYA) is the first of its kind and will take place in Nottingham from 7 to 16 September 2012. This global event will showcase a selection of the best international creative talent, across a spectrum of artforms, in one city, providing an opportunity for 1000 artists from 100 nations to join together and share their creativity on an international platform.
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At The Japan Foundation’s talk on 10 July, Debbie Kermode, Deputy Director of the Ikon and one of the curators of The Playmakers, spoke about its background and appeal.
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